Compounding this harrowing period of his life, West and fiancée Alexis Phifer permanently dissolved their engagement and on-again, off-again relationship, which had begun in 2002. The story of the record is destined to be immortalized in the history of pop music, casting back to November 2007, when Kanye’s mother, Donda West, died following complications arising from cosmetic surgery. In the cast of 808s & Heartbreak, they’re unambiguous. As it turned out, heartbreak was the sound of a Roland TR-808 drum machine.Īlbum origins are often mythologized. His response was a work of desperation and catharsis, the attempted exorcism of a cracked soul. The fragile, ping-ponging beeps that underpin opening track “Say You Will” resemble the hollowed-out audio signals that ring from the machinery used to prolong human life-sounds that once they cease, typically signal death. It begins with the devastating sounds of a life support machine.
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